Why ask them about it? Ridiculous. He should've been sent off, though. Absolutely a cup final decision. Didn't want to spoil the game and all of that bullshit.
I've seen people moaning that he set up in such a negative way in the cup final He won the bloody thing, didn't he?
They've played plenty of exciting football this season. He did exactly what Ange can't/won't do unless it's in the EL: play a pragmatic approach that takes into account the opposition we're facing.
The interesting thing is he plays a system similar to the 3421 Conte used in his first season, before he decided to rule with an iron fist and everything went backwards, which is no doubt why we were reportedly looking at him when Conte skulked off to Italy - though he also has 4231 in his locker if needs be
Not quite, they can beat Chelsea and guarantee 6th only. They'd still need Villa (or others depending on how Ars/New and City/Bou finish ahead of the final day) to drop points.
If Forest can beat Chelsea and kick them out the top 5, Nuno will have indeed fulfilled his promise to "make us very proud". Better late than never.
Jared Gillett on VAR need I say more, safe to say our first experiment with an overseas ref in the premier league has been a failure, should be on the same plane as Ange at the end of the season.
Shows a fundamental issue with the VAR protocol which is that it matters why the decision was wrong on the field. In this case if the onfield officials had seen the handball the ref could have decided that it was a dogso and given a red card. The VAR probably wouldn't have overturned it but even if he disagreed the ref would have had a chance to review it. As the handball was not spotted on the field it is the VAR who gets to make the call on the dogso which is contrary to the objective of the VAR system. In this sort of situation the VAR should be forced to make the ref decide on the dogso.
Going to be an exciting sunday for the neutral. Sadly for any Villa haters, I suspect that regardless of the result of the EL final, Man Utd will not front up to win at home.
please log in to view this image The linesman shouldn't be getting that wrong, anyway. His position was slightly off but it's not a particularly tight call. At the very least he should be calling the handball, just from Henderson's foot position.
I think it's harder than it looks...he is probably sprinting and it's hard to see the lines from his position.
